IBM Bob

IBM Bob

Welcome to IBM Bob: Your AI-Powered Development Partner 欢迎来到 IBM Bob:您的 AI 驱动开发合作伙伴

Hi, I’m Bob! I’m here to work right alongside you in your codebase, and help you build quality software faster. 嗨,我是 Bob!我将与您并肩工作在代码库中,帮助您更快地构建高质量软件。

Build with agents 使用智能体(Agents)进行构建

I can spawn focused agents and subagents that contribute to your code base. Each agent uses its own context, tools, and skills, to run work in parallel to handle long-running tasks in the background, and return only what matters. Faster answers. Clean context. Clearer results across even the largest projects. 我可以生成专注的智能体和子智能体,为您的代码库做出贡献。每个智能体都使用自己的上下文、工具和技能并行工作,在后台处理长时间运行的任务,并仅返回关键信息。更快的响应、更清晰的上下文,即使在大型项目中也能获得更明确的结果。

Develop in your favorite human language 用您熟悉的语言进行开发

With Literate Coding, forget context-switching between chat windows and your editor. Explain what you want in natural language and I will generate the implementation in context. 通过“读写编程”(Literate Coding),无需再在聊天窗口和编辑器之间切换上下文。只需用自然语言解释您的需求,我就会在上下文中生成相应的实现。

Bring agents to your command line 将智能体引入您的命令行

I’m not confined to your IDE. With Bob Shell, I can help you work interactively, script repetitive tasks, and embed into your CI/CD pipeline across every stage of development. 我不局限于您的 IDE。通过 Bob Shell,我可以协助您进行交互式工作、编写重复性任务脚本,并嵌入到开发各个阶段的 CI/CD 流水线中。

Understand every agent’s impact 了解每个智能体的影响

Track Bob’s contributions to your software delivery lifecycle across the entire enterprise. Drive agentic adoption, prove real business value, and optimize the costs through comprehensive analytics and insights with Bobalytics. 追踪 Bob 在整个企业软件交付生命周期中的贡献。通过 Bobalytics 提供的全面分析和洞察,推动智能体应用,证明实际业务价值并优化成本。

Premium packages that move your stack forward 推动技术栈升级的高级套件

I accelerate transformation across your applications. With premium packages, I bring purpose-built modes, skills, and workflows for enterprise modernization, from upgrading Java applications to the latest versions, to mainframe and IBM i development. 我能加速您的应用程序转型。通过高级套件,我提供专为企业现代化设计的模式、技能和工作流,涵盖从将 Java 应用升级到最新版本,到大型机和 IBM i 开发的各项任务。

Access IBM’s enterprise ecosystem with ease 轻松接入 IBM 企业生态系统

Connect to Red Hat, Instana, and more directly from your IDE. I eliminate context switching and bring enterprise-grade architecture, security, and monitoring right where you code. 直接从您的 IDE 连接到 Red Hat、Instana 等平台。我消除了上下文切换,将企业级的架构、安全性和监控功能直接带到您的编码环境中。


What developers say / 开发者评价

  • Luis Fabricio de Llamas (Sr. Java Developer & Developer Advocate, Act Digital): “Bob demonstrated a level of intelligence and contextual understanding that goes beyond anything I’ve seen in other tools.” Luis Fabricio de Llamas (Act Digital 高级 Java 开发工程师兼开发者倡导者): “Bob 展示出的智能水平和上下文理解能力,超越了我所见过的任何其他工具。”

  • Jasmine Kaczmarek (VP of Technology, M.R. Williams): “M.R. Williams is advancing its IBM i modernization strategy with new mobile solutions and accounting system improvements, while leveraging IBM Bob to quickly interpret older RPG code, automate documentation, and streamline development workflows.” Jasmine Kaczmarek (M.R. Williams 技术副总裁): “M.R. Williams 正在通过新的移动解决方案和会计系统改进推进其 IBM i 现代化战略,同时利用 IBM Bob 快速解读旧版 RPG 代码、自动化文档编写并简化开发工作流。”

  • Artur Skowronski (Head of Java & Kotlin Engineering, VirtusLab): “The tool works very well and captures the modernization intent. Bob is the first tool of its kind to treat Java as a first-class citizen.” Artur Skowronski (VirtusLab Java & Kotlin 工程主管): “该工具运行良好,准确捕捉了现代化的意图。Bob 是同类工具中第一个将 Java 视为一等公民的。”

  • Shintaro Shibuya (CEO, TechMind Inc.): “IBM Bob had a solid understanding of IoT development, including peripheral chips and devices, and was able to generate everything seamlessly from physical connections through to code. Bob is a highly reliable partner.” Shintaro Shibuya (TechMind Inc. 首席执行官): “IBM Bob 对物联网开发有深刻的理解,包括外围芯片和设备,能够无缝生成从物理连接到代码的所有内容。Bob 是一个非常可靠的合作伙伴。”

  • Christina Adames (AI Strategist, CDW): “IBM Bob isn’t just another autocomplete tool. It is an AI-first development partner designed to transform the entire software lifecycle. Think of it as moving from ‘help me code’ to ‘help me modernize, secure, and scale.’” Christina Adames (CDW AI 战略专家): “IBM Bob 不仅仅是另一个自动补全工具。它是一个 AI 优先的开发合作伙伴,旨在改变整个软件生命周期。可以将其理解为从‘帮我写代码’到‘帮我实现现代化、安全化和规模化’的转变。”

  • Sai Govender (CEO, Blue Pearl): “We leveraged BOB to modernise Java codebase from Java 11 to Java 25 and achieved an estimated ~90% faster delivery — 3 days vs. ~30+ days via a typical approach. The outcome was genuinely impressive and has opened multiple use cases for Blue Pearl to incorporate IBM BOB across our internal platforms as well as client engagements.” Sai Govender (Blue Pearl 首席执行官): “我们利用 BOB 将 Java 代码库从 Java 11 升级到 Java 25,交付速度提升了约 90%——仅用 3 天,而传统方法通常需要 30 多天。结果令人印象深刻,这为 Blue Pearl 在内部平台和客户项目中引入 IBM BOB 开辟了多种应用场景。”

  • Reshad Moussa (Director of Product Development, Supplier Shield): “Early results are very promising: in under 15 minutes, I had a small FPS-style prototype up and running while walking my son through what Bob can do. That combination of speed and explainability is exactly what I’m looking for in an AI coding companion.” Reshad Moussa (Supplier Shield 产品开发总监): “早期的结果非常有前景:在不到 15 分钟的时间里,我一边向儿子演示 Bob 的功能,一边就运行起了一个小型 FPS 风格的原型。这种速度与可解释性的结合,正是我在 AI 编程助手身上所追求的。”

  • Takeshi Sugata (Director, MONO-X Inc.): “We use Bob for IBM i development, and one of its biggest strengths is its strong support for RPG and COBOL. Even with minimal instructions, it consistently gives spot-on answers, almost as if it can read between the lines.” Takeshi Sugata (MONO-X Inc. 总监): “我们将 Bob 用于 IBM i 开发,其最大优势之一是对 RPG 和 COBOL 的强大支持。即使指令很少,它也能给出非常精准的答案,简直就像能读懂字里行间的意思一样。”

  • Hans Boef (Manager Technical Consultants and Support, Novadoc): “Project Bob isn’t just another AI assistant. It’s an agentic AI development partner built for large organizations tackling complex challenges — like modernizing legacy systems, ensuring compliance (HIPAA, FedRAMP), or scaling secure software delivery.” Hans Boef (Novadoc 技术顾问与支持经理): “Project Bob 不仅仅是另一个 AI 助手。它是一个智能体 AI 开发合作伙伴,专为应对复杂挑战的大型组织而构建——例如遗留系统现代化、确保合规性(HIPAA, FedRAMP)或扩展安全软件交付。”

  • Wesley Wienen (Technical Presale Engineer, Appsys ICT Group): “Project Bob sounds so wonderfully innocent but it is incredibly powerful. 3 prompts. That’s all it took to build a production-ready MCP server. Project Bob blew my expectations out of the water. Bob delivers the kind of work you’d expect from an experienced developer who actually thinks about the full picture.” Wesley Wienen (Appsys ICT Group 技术售前工程师): “Project Bob 听起来很单纯,但它极其强大。只需 3 个提示词,我就构建了一个生产就绪的 MCP 服务器。Project Bob 超出了我的预期。Bob 交付的工作质量,就像是一位真正考虑全局的资深开发人员所做的一样。”

  • Steve Cast (Practice Director, Fresche Solutions): “Bob has built-in guardrails. It operates in different modes, allowing you to approve its suggestions before any changes are made to your source code. If you ask it about a non-existent RPG op-code, it won’t ‘hallucinate’ an answer; it will simply state that it doesn’t understand. This controlled, predictable behavior is crucial for enterprise development.” Steve Cast (Fresche Solutions 实践总监): “Bob 具有内置的护栏。它以不同的模式运行,允许您在对源代码进行任何更改之前批准其建议。如果您询问一个不存在的 RPG 操作码,它不会‘产生幻觉’给出答案,而是直接说明它不理解。这种可控、可预测的行为对于企业开发至关重要。”

  • Shigehiro Mouri (General Manager, System Research): “We built an application that processes video frames in parallel using OCR. By working closely with Bob, we were able to move smoothly from design to environment setup and deployment, resulting in significant improvements in both implementation accuracy and development speed.” Shigehiro Mouri (System Research 总经理): “我们构建了一个使用 OCR 并行处理视频帧的应用程序。通过与 Bob 的紧密合作,我们顺利地从设计过渡到环境设置和部署,在实现准确性和开发速度方面都取得了显著提升。”

  • Joe Donofrio (Director of IT, Wolff Bros): “When IBM Bob is given an RPG program, Bob is able to help us modernize it into our new java architecture quickly. IBM Bob reads and understands RPG code very well and was great for validating logic rewrites that have been done on multiple programs. It also adapted to our Java code architecture well, using predefined internal libraries and database connections.” Joe Donofrio (Wolff Bros IT 总监): “当 IBM Bob 接收到一个 RPG 程序时,它能帮助我们快速将其现代化为新的 Java 架构。IBM Bob 对 RPG 代码的阅读和理解非常出色,在验证多个程序的逻辑重写方面表现优异。它还能很好地适应我们的 Java 代码架构,使用预定义的内部库和数据库连接。”